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AWI Quarterly Articles | Marine Wildlife

Please see the below articles about Marine Wildlife from past editions of the AWI Quarterly.

 

AWI Prepares for IWC69

The 69 th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC69) will take place in Lima, Peru, this September. The gathering will include representatives from most of the 88 IWC member governments, as well as around...

Richard Ellis

Richard Ellis—artist, author, conservationist, and great friend of AWI—died in May at the age of 86. Ellis grew up in Belle Harbor, on the Rockaway Peninsula of Queens, New York, and spent much of his...

Advancing Animal Protection in Ocean Policy

In June, AWI staff members attended Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), hosted by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation in Washington, DC. CHOW—which brings together scientists, policymakers, scholars, businesses, and conservation leaders—is the nation’s premier ocean...

In the Name of Sharks

Dr. François Sarano’s In the Name of Sharks uses powerful language, suspense, and tension to evoke a visceral response from readers and deepen their empathy for sharks. The author laments the media’s role in misrepresenting...

Secrets of the Octopus

Older than the dinosaurs, so incredibly alien, and masters of disguise, octopuses take center stage in National Geographic’s docuseries Secrets of the Octopus. Produced by award-winning filmmaker James Cameron and narrated by actor Paul Rudd...

Gray Whale Unusual Mortality Event Declared Over

In March, the National Marine Fisheries Service publicly announced that the unusual mortality event (UME) it declared in 2019 involving eastern North Pacific gray whales is over. In consultation with the federal Working Group on...

Miami-Dade County Says So Long to Squalid Seaquarium

Miami Seaquarium has been operating on Virginia Key in Miami-Dade County, Florida, since 1955. In March, the Miami-Dade authorities announced they would be terminating the lease agreement with the Seaquarium and gave the facility six...

Workshop Addresses Iberian Orca Interactions with Boats

Since 2020, a critically endangered population of orcas living in the waters of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) has been interacting with vessels, primarily sailboats, ramming and damaging the rudders and sometimes disabling navigation...

Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Listed as Endangered

On February 20, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced its decision to list the highly imperiled Atlantic humpback dolphin as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS’s decision came in response to a petition...